Patient Handouts - Redemption Psychiatry

The guidelines restrict these medications due to side effects, primarily habituation; they recommend short-term use only—2 weeks for sleep medications; 4 weeks for benzodiazepenes such as Xanax, Ativan and Klonopin; 0 weeks or nothing on Fioricet (because it contains a low dose barbiturate); 0 weeks or nothing on muscle relaxers of Soma and Valium (potentially habit forming tranquilizers ... ................
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